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Title
Survival school students learn to rock climb, Liberal, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-09
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
Survival school student Marilyn Chandler (bottom) climbs a cliff while Harry Claflin's assistants (top) observe. Claflin, the instructor and owner of the 160 acre camp known as the Starlight Training Center in Liberal, Missouri, is also a long-time U.S. military veteran. The students are U.S. civilians with different backgrounds and professions. They paid money in exchange for survivalism training. Claflin trained military personnel in and out of El Salvador.
Estudiante Marilyn Chandler (abajo) escala un acantilado mientras que los asistentes de Harry Claflin (arriba) la observan. Claflin, el instructor y propietario del campamento de 160-acres, mejor conocido como el centro de entrenamiento Starlight localizado en Liberal, Missouri, es un veterano de guerra de EE.UU. desde hace mucho tiempo. Sus asistentes, cuyo nombres permanecen sin identificar, tienen antecedentes policiales o militares también. Los estudiantes son civiles estadounidenses con diferentes antecedentes y profesiones - quienes se les permitió pagar dinero en cambio de capacitación de supervivencia. El interés en ese tipo de capacitación se produjo después de que los temores de crisis social o institucional empeoraron. Claflin pasó años en regiones como Asia, América Central y el Medio Oriente estudiando las tácticas, el dominio de las tropas y la efectividad de los países extranjeros. Él también entrenó a militares adentro y afuera de El Salvador.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B16.04.02.35
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2083
Subject
Documentary photographs
Survivalism
Rock climbing
Place
Liberal (Mo.)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B16.04.02.35.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center
Richard Cross Collection

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